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(II) Joseph, son of Daniel Trotter, was born in 1783, and died in 1853. He married, November 16, 1809, Ann, daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Newbold) Hough, who was born April 3, 1787, and died February 29, 1860. Her mother was a daughter of Michael and Susanna (Scholey) Newbold; (see New- bold and Scholey in index). Children : I. Susan H., born 1810, died 1835; married, December 3. 1833, Cleayton, son of William and Hannah ( Watson) Newbold. 2. Samuel
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H., born 1812. 3. Joseph H., born 1814; mar- ried, June, 1852, Edith, daughter of Cleayton and Beulah (Lawrie) Newbold. 4. Thomas H., born 1815. 5. Anna H., born 1821 ; mar- ried Newbold, son of John B. and Hannah (Newbold) Lawrence. 6. Newbold Hough, referred to below. 7. Mary H., born 1831, died May 25, 1909; unmarried.
(III) Newbold Hough, son of Joseph and Ann (Hough) Trotter, was born in Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania, in 1827, and died there February 21, 1899. He was educated in the private schools of Philadelphia and then entered Haverford College, where he remained until he graduated. On finishing his college education he took up the trade of engineer and machinist, and became proficient, and later conducted a business in Philadelphia, but gave it up and started in the hardware business on Market street, which he continued for a num- ber of years but gave up that to engage in the calling which he followed till his death,-art. He had from his early boyhood been an admirer of art, and all his spare time was engaged in drawing, and when he did decide to engage in that line it did not take long under the direc- tion of a master to bring himself to a position where he soon came forth as one of the leaders in this country as an animal painter, and at the time of his death, there was none in this coun- try who could eclipse his works, and many of the leading homes in this country have in their collection of paintings the result of his handi- work. He was a man beloved by everyone brought in contact with him, and at the time of his death hundreds mourned his loss. He was a member of most of the art clubs of Philadelphia, and was one of the founders of The Philadelphia Art Club. At the time of the threatened invasion of the rebels into Penn- sylvania, Mr. Trotter enlisted in a company from Germantown to protect that country, but did not see service. He lost his birthright in the Society of Friends for this act. He mar- ried, in 1856, Annie Morrison, daughter of Mordecai Lewis and Elizabeth (Poultney) Dawson, a descendant of the early Welsh set- tlers of Pennsylvania. Her father was one of the leaders of Philadelphia in his day, and president of the board of trustees of the Phila- delphia Hospital, and a member of the board of managers of Girard College. Children : Mordecai Dawson Trotter, died in infancy ; Spencer Trotter, referred to below; Elizabeth Dawson Trotter, died young.
(IV) Spencer, son of Newbold Hough and Annie Morrison (Dawson) Trotter, was born
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 8, 1860. He graduated in medicine from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, and resided for some time at Media, Pennsylvania. He practiced his profession for a time, and relinquished it to accept a professorship of biology and natural history in Swarthmore College. He resides in Philadelphia, lecturing daily at his college. He married June 19, 1889, Laura Lee, born June 13, 1862 ; child : Spencer Lee, born Au- gust 10, 1890.
Nathan Barnert, a resident BARNERT of Paterson, New Jersey, whose efforts have aided materially in the development, upbuilding and substantial progress of that city, is a native of the city of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, born September 20, 1838, son of Meyer and Ida (Newfelt) Barnert. His parents emi- grated from their native land to the United States in 1849, settling first in New York City, from whence they removed to Paterson, New Jersey, about 1861. Meyer Barnert died July 10, 1881, aged seventy-four years, and his wife died October 28, 1890. They were the parents of six children, of whom three survive-Nathan, see forward, Morris and Boas.
Nathan Barnert was ten years of age when his parents removed to Paterson, New Jersey. His educational advantages were obtained in the schools of Prussia and New York City? In early life he worked at the tailoring trade, in which his father was engaged, but the busi- ness was not extensive enough for both to engage in it, so the boy determined to make his own way in the world. Coming to the United States at the period of the great Cali- fornia gold fever, his mind was naturally fas- cinated by the accounts of fabulous wealth earned in the mines. Accordingly, in 1850, he left home and went to California, but his experiences in the gold fields were not suc- cessful. Later he obtained mercantile employ- ment in San Francisco, serving in the capacity of clerk in various places for several years. He also visited the Hawaiian Islands and made a trip to the gold regions on the Fraser river, thus acquiring a knowledge of that section of the country, if not gaining a fortune as he had expected. In 1856 he returned to New York, and seeking a favorable opportunity to invest his savings, he selected the city of Paterson, New Jersey, and there opened a merchant tailoring establishment in co-partnership with Marks Cohen, and later was associated in the
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same line of business with Solomon Mendel- son. During the civil war he was entrusted with large contracts to furnish clothing for the United States armies. In 1878 he retired from mercantile business in order to devote his attention to his extensive real estate interests. Meantime he applied a part of his capital to the creation of a new manufacturing industry in Paterson, organizing, with Robert A. Haley and William C. Martin, the Annandale Screen Plate Company, which furnished supplies to paper mills, and from which he retired in 1893. Mr. Barnert has been one of the most potent contributors of his generation to the promotion of the material interests of the city of Paterson. He was one of the first in that city to undertake the erection of great modern mill buildings as a speculative project, relying exclusively for returns upon their probable occupancy by manufacturing tenants. The first of the structures built by him was the Barnert Mill at the corner of Railroad avenue, Grand street and Dale avenue, completed in 1882, and he is also the owner of the Fulton Mill. About 1870-71 Mr. Barnert was ap- pointed by the board of aldermen to examine the accounts of the city's finances and taxes, and as a result the city prosecuted a number of officials, who finally were sent to State prison. In 1876 and again in 1879 Mr. Barnert was elected on the Democratic ticket to represent the sixth ward in the board of aldermen; in 1883 and again in 1889 he was nominated and elected to the office of mayor of Paterson, and so faithfully did he perform the duties of the latter office that he was again named by his party as a candidate in the years 1885 and 1891, but failed of election. The congregation B'nai Jeshurun are indebted to Mr. Barnert for their splendid temple, for the valuable land upon which it stands, and for other very sub- stantial benefits. The temple was completed and dedicated in 1893, appropriately receiving the name of the Nathan Barnert Memorial. He is one of the most prominent members in Paterson of a number of leading fraternal societies including the Independent Order of B'nai Brith, Free and Accepted Masons, Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is president of the Hebrew Temple, Hebrew Free School. He is a liberal supporter of the Miriam Barnert Dispensary Association, an institution which he founded in memoriam of his deceased wife. Thus it will be seen that Mr. Barnert's life has been an active one, and that his enterprises have been such as have added to the general wealth and
welfare of the city. His work has been widely extended, and he exerts a great influence on the affairs of his adopted city.
Mr. Barnert married, in New York City, September 2, 1863, Miriam, daughter of Henry L. and Jane (Chapman) Phillips. Their two children died young. Mrs. Barnert died March 31, 1901, aged sixty-four years.
CASE Philip Case, the first member of this family of whom we have defi- nite information, was born in Hun- terdon county, New Jersey, February 9, 1771, and died June 12, 1824. He was a grandson of Johan Philip Kaese, who emigrated from Germany to Mine Brook, Hunterdon county, about 1738. He himself lived near Cherry Hill, Hunterdon county, until his wife died, when he removed to Somerset county, residing first on a farm on the Raritan river near Som- erville, and later at Bedminster. He married Helena Cole, born November 21, 1772, died November 28, 1810.
(II) Peter, son of Philip and Helena (Cole) Case, was born in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, October 27, 1810. He was taken by his father into Somerset county, where he became a court officer, a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, and in politics a Demo- crat until the outbreak of the civil war, and after that a Republican. During the war he was an officer in the Somerville Home Guard, a local military company. He married, No- vember 20, 1834, at Somerville, New Jersey, Mary Ann, daughter of John and Catharine (Van Arsdale) Herder. Children: Catharine Maria, died unmarried; Elizabeth; John; Philip, referred to below ; Abraham.
(III) Philip, son of Peter and Mary Ann (Herder) Case, was born in Somerville, New Jersey, May 7, 1849. He is a drygoods mer- chant, a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, and a Republican. At one time he was president of the Somerville Board of Trade. He married, September 12, 1872, at Prospect Plains, Amanda Van Doren, daugh- ter of John and Sophia (Van Doren) Edwards, who was born at Prospect Plains, New Jersey, June 7, 1850. Her father, John Edwards, was born in Wales, and coming to this country as a boy became the first commission merchant of New York City. Children: Clifford Philip Case, married Jeannette McAlpin Benedict ; Clarence Edwards Case; Albert Edwards Case, married Mary B. Pool; Mabel Herder Case ; Helen Lloyd Case.
(IV) Clarence Edwards, son of Philip and
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Amanda Van Doren (Edwards) Case, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, September 24, 1877. He prepared for college at the Pat- erson Classical School and Rutgers Prepara- tory School, and graduated from Rutgers Col- lege at the head of his class in 1900. He grad- uated from the New York Law School with the degree of LL. B. in 1902, and later re- ceived from Rutgers College his A. M. degree. He then entered the law office of Alvah A. Clark, Esq., of Somerville, and was admitted to the New Jersey bar as attorney in 1903. In 1906 he became junior partner of the firm of Clark & Case, and this partnership with his old instructor continued until Mr. Case was raised to the Somerville county bench. Judge Case has been the right hand man of Senator Frelinghuysen, and championed his cause in the last two senatorial campaigns. In 1910 he became clerk of the judiciary committee of the New Jersey senate, of which Mr. Freling- huysen was chairman, and was appointed by Governor Fort, county judge of Somerset county for the term of five years beginning April Ist, being the youngest judge in the state. He is a Republican in politics, and an ex-member of the Consistory of the Dutch Reformed Church of Somerville. He is a member of Solomon Lodge No. 46, F. and A. M .; Keystone Chapter No. 25, R. A. M .; Lodge of the Castle, No. 82, Knights of Py- thias ; and Somerville Lodge, No. 1068, B. P. O. E. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, of the Delta Upsilon fraternity, and of the Phi Delta Phi fraternity of the New York Law School. He is unmarried.
(II) Hendrick, second son of HOPPER Andries (q. v.) and Griete (Hendricks) Hoppe, was born in New Amsterdam, New Netherlands, in 1656, removed to Bergen, East Jersey, with his parents in 1680, was married March 14, 1680, in the Dutch church in New Netherlands, to Maria Johns Van Barkum (or Maria Jans, as the name is written in the marriage record) March 14, 1680. They removed to Hacken- sack, North Bergen, in 1687. Children: I. Andrew, 1681 ; married, July, 1707, Abigail Ackerman ; three daughters. 2. Johannes, born 1682 ; married, July, 1707, Rachel Terhune. 3. William, born 1684; 4. Catherine, 1685. 5. Garret, 1696. 6. Gertrude, 1699. 7. Lea.
(III) Garret, fourth son and fifth child of Hendrick and Maria Johns (Van Barkum) Hoppe, was born in Hackensack, Bergen county, New Jersey, in 1696. He was an elder
in the Dutch Reformed Church in Hackensack in 1758. He married, about 1738.
(IV) Jacob, son of Garret Hoppe, was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, about 1740. He died there in 1815. He was a deacon in Hack- ensack church on the Green, of which his father was an elder, in 1763, having held the office of church master. He was a rich man and owned several slaves whose names are enrolled on the church records as members by baptism Joe, Jim and Susan, being baptized in 1800. Jacob Hoppe married Cornelia Acker- man, September 22, 1750. Children: I. Cath- erine, born November 6, 1752. 2. Cornelius, April 30, 1758. 3. Gerret, November 9, 1760. 4. Elizabeth, May 2, 1767; baptized in church at Schraalenburgh, May 24, 1767. 5. Hen- drick, born November 19; baptized December 10, 1769. 6. Johannes, born November 27, 1774; and probably Abraham, born between the birthdays of Gerret and Elizabeth.
(V) Abraham, probably son of Jacob and Cornelia (Ackerman) Hopper, was born in Schraalburgh, New Jersey, about 1762. He married Leah Bogart, about 1785, and we find records of the birth of two children: Jacob, July 21, 1788. 2. John (q. v.).
(VI) John A., second son of Abraham and Leah (Bogart) Hopper, was born in Kinder- amack, near Etna, Bergen county, New Jer- sey, December 7, 1793. He was brought up on his father's farm, on which was located a saw mill on Sadle river, and this mill occupied much of the time of the two sons when not employed on the farm. He married, and it is probable that one of his sons was Garret (q. v.).
(VII) Garret, probably son of John Hop- per, was born on his father's farm about 1809. He continued to live on the farm and to attend the sawing of lumber at the saw mill. He married Maria Voorhees; children: James ; Maria ; name not known; Abraham G. (q. v.).
(VIII) Abraham Garret, youngest son of Garret and Maria (Voorhees) Hopper, was born at Kinderamack, New Jersey. He was what was known at the time as a county butcher, raising and fattening stock on his farm and killing it from time to time, peddling it throughout the country side from his wagon on certain days and thus keeping the farmers supplied with fresh meat. Later in life he re- moved to Hackensack, where he carried on the business of livery stable keeper, and finally at Ridgewood, where he carried on a hotel business at the old Ridgewood Hotel, where he continued to reside and care for the wants
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of the traveling public up to the time of his death. He married Margaret, daughter of John and Sophia ( Bogart ) Blauvelt. Sophia Bogart was a daughter of John Bogart, who kept the "Old Hook Tavern" near Westwood, Bergen county, New Jersey, at the time of the revolutionary war, and where he entertained the officers of the American army stationed in the county at the time Washington had his headquarters at Morristown. Abraham Garret and Margaret (Blauvelt) Hopper had children born to them in Bergen county, New Jersey : I. Garret V., 1854, married Eliza J., daughter of Garret Hopper, of Cherry Lane ; children : Harry B., Everett G., and LeRoy Hopper. 2. Sophie, born 1860, married John A. Bogart Jr .; first child, Margery. 3. John Blauvelt (q. v.).
(IX) John Blauvelt, youngest child of Abra- ham Garret and Margaret (Blauvelt) Hopper, was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, Novem- ber 27, 1869. He received his school training in the Ridgewood public schools and at Lati- mer's Business College, Paterson, New Jersey, and when he reached his majority he entered the employ of I. E. Hutton, lumber dealer, in Ridgewood, and served this concern seven years, acquiring a thorough knowledge of the business of buying and selling lumber and builders' material. In 1896 he became a part- ner in the lumber firm of Nickerson Hopper Lumber Company at Ridgewood, and contin- ued as a partner in the firm for eight years, when he withdrew to engage in the fire insur- ance business, and established at Ridgewood a general agency for fire insurance which he has continued with excellent results since 1903. He was made clerk of the village of Ridge- wood in 1899, and has been since continued in that position by annual re-elections. He affili- ates with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows and with the Royal Arcanum, being a member of each of the lodges of these frater- nal organizations in Ridgewood. He married, December 14, 1892, Ida, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Campbell) Cole, and grand- daughter of Abram Campbell. Their son, Ronald B., was born October 15, 1894, he being in the tenth generation from Andries and Grietje (Hendricks) Hoppe, the immi- grant ancestor of all the Hopper families of New Jersey.
(VI) Peter C. Hopper was STANSBURY born in Hopperstown, near Hohocus, Bergen county, New Jersey, where he was brought up on a
farm, and after his son Cornelius P. came of age they settled on a larger farm in the north- ern part of the city of Paterson, where they carried on farming industries successively. Children of Peter C. and - - (Odell) Hop- per, born Hopperstown, New Jersey: I. Cor- nelius P. 2. Jonathan P. (q. v.) 3. Albert P., married Jane, daughter of Francis Ryerson ; children : Peter; Eliza J., married William H. Levell; Albert ; Catharine, married a Mr. McIntosh; Francis ; possibly others. Peter C. Hopper died in Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey.
(VI) Cornelius P., eldest child of Peter C. and - (Odell) Hopper, was born in Hop- pertown, New Jersey, November 1, 1790, and died in Paterson, New Jersey, October 24, 1869. He was brought up on his father's farm in Hopperstown, and when he came to his majority joined his father in the purchase of a large tract of land now in the northern limits of the city of Paterson, which they cultivated with great success and profit. He married, June 20, 1819, Leah, daughter of Francis Ryer- son. Children, born in Paterson, New Jersey : I. Eliza J., July 7, 1823 ; married John Bow- man, died November 3, 1904. 2. Peter C., July 22, 1825; married (first) Mary Taylor ; (second) 3. Rachel (q. v.). 4. Cornelius C., February 15, 1831 ; married Delpha Thompson, died May 16, 1890. 5. George W., October 28, 1833; never married. 6. Jonathan C., March 28, 1836. 7. Joseph C .. March 26, 1838; was a soldier in the civil war ; subsequently settled in Helena, Montana, where he died unmarried. 8. Albert C., May 28, 1840, married Mary Burhans. He died and his widow was living at Haledon avenue, Pat- erson, in 1909.
(VII) Rachel, second daughter and third child of Cornelius P. and - - (Odell) Hop- per, was born in Paterson, New Jersey, Octo- ber 5, 1828. She married, May 22, 1850, John Crossman Stansbury, born December 13, 1825, died June 18, 1886. By this marriage she be- came the mother of six children, born in Jer- sey City, New Jersey, where her husband was for twenty-five years, and in 1875 removed to Paterson, New Jersey, where her husband died June 18, 1886, and where she was still living in her home 239 North Seventh street, in 1909. The order of birth of her children is as fol- lows : I. Sarah Eliza Stansbury, July 13, 1851, died young. 2. Susanna Stansbury, February 17, 1853 ; married Arthur Hastings. 3-4. John and Cornelius Stansbury (twins), April 4, 1855, both dying in infancy. 5. John Edgar
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Stansbury, March 26, 1856, died young. 6. Charles Edgar Stansbury, May 10, 1857 ; mar- ried Mary F. Van Iderstine ; children: Ethel S. Stansbury, December 5, 1892; Russell and Charles Stansbury (twins), May 1, 1894 ; Hazel Stansbury, March 18, 1899; Fulton Stansbury, June 24, 1901.
(The Stansbury Line).
(I) Joshua Stansbury was an early settler at Scotch Plains, Union county, New Jersey, where he was the patentee of a large tract of land.
(II) Joshua (2), son of Josiah (1) Stans- bury, was born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, in 1750. He married Isabella De Camp, of Milton, New Jersey, and they settled in Flush- ing, Long Island, New York.
(III) Isaac, son of Joshua (2) and Isabella (De Camp) Stansbury, was born in Flushing, Long Island, October 9, 1780. He married Sarah Rogers.
(IV) John Crossman (q. v. above), son of Isaac and Sarah ( Rogers) Stansbury, was born December 13, 1825. He married, May 22, 1850, Rachel, daughter of Cornelius P. and (Odell) Hopper (q. v.).
(For preceding generations see Albert Albertse Terhune).
(VII) Abram, third son of TERHUNE Martin (q. v.) and Catherine (Ackerman ) Terhune, was born in Hackensack, Bergen county, New Jer- sey. He married a Miss Demorest and had a son, Albert Demorest, see forward.
(VIII) Albert Demorest, probably eldest child of Abram and (Demorest ) Terhune, was born in Hackensack, Bergen county, New Jersey. He was brought up and educated in his native town, and took up the business of photographer in Ridgewood, in which he prospered and retired with a compe- tence. He married Sarah Jane, daughter of Jacob Demorest and Maria Jane ( Bogart ) Van Emburgh ; children, born in Ridgewood, Ber- gen county : I. Hervey, see forward. 2. Wes- ley Van Emburgh, October 6, 1876, was edu- cated in the public schools of his native town, and on reaching his majority engaged in the woolen business in New York City, and enter- ed the firm of Duval, Cone & Terhune, and be- gan the business in the same line in which he had served as clerk. He retired from the firm in 1907, and in that year established the wool commission house of Terhune, Nearing & Com- pany, with offices at No. 79 Fifth avenue, New
York City. He was vice-president of the Ridgewood Commercial Company. He mar- ried, September 6, 1906, Caroline, daughter of James E. and Elizabeth ( Vreeland ) Halsey, and they made their home in Brooklyn, New York.
(1X) Hervey, eldest son of Albert Demo- rest and Sarah Jane ( Van Emburgh) Terhune, was born in Ridgewood, Bergen county, New Jersey, February, 1873. He received his edu- cational training in the public schools of Ridge- wood, and on reaching manhood engaged in the undertaking business in his native town and conducted the same from 1894 to 1904. Then, in conjunction with his brother and others, he established the Ridgewood Commercial Com- pany, organized and incorporated for the pur- pose of selling wagons and farming imple- ments and similar manufactured products. Casper T. Zabriskie was made president, Wes- ley Van Emburgh Terhune, vice-president, Edwin C. Bennett, secretary, and Hervey Ter- hune, treasurer and general manager of the corporation. He married, October 1I, 1900, Amy, daughter of Casper T. and Adeline (Ackerman) Zabriskie; children, born in Ridgewood, Bergen county, New Jersey : Don- ald Zabriskie, March 17, 1902; Robert Demo- rest, March 24, 1903; Francis Hervey, Febru- ary 5, 1905 ; Norman Bogert, December 28, 1906.
DAVIS Michael Davis, the first member of the family of whom we have definite information, was born in 1833, and died in Orange, New Jersey, August 4, 1908. He was a prominent resident of Orange, where he held the official positions of alderman, freeholder, and finally police jus- tice. Mr. Davis was a Roman Catholic, and a distinguished and prominent member of St. John's Church. He married (first) Susan (iallagher, (second) Mary Rooney, who was. born in Monaghan, Monaghan county, Ireland. in 1834, and died in Orange, New Jersey, De- cember 17, 1909. She came to this country when eighteen years of age, settling in Orange and made it her home until her death. She married (first) Charles McPhail, who died about 1869, and had two children-Elizabeth and Mary. Several years after the death of ber first husband she married Mr. Davis. She is survived by twenty-two grandchildren. Chil- dren of Michael Davis (three by first mar- riage ) : 1. John L., formerly an alderman of Orange, New Jersey. 2. Michael E., resides in Orange. 3. Richard, resides at Newburg, New York. 4. Susan, married James A. Clark.
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5. Annie, married Daniel A. Dugan, of Orange, New Jersey. 6. Thomas A., see below. 7. Francis, deceased. 8. Ella, deceased.
(II) Thomas A., son of Michael and Mary (Rooney) Davis, was born at Orange, New Jersey, January 14, 1871. He received his early education at the preparatory school of St. John's at Orange, and later at the College of St. Francis Xavier, at New York City, and then attended the Metropolis ( later the Uni- versity ) Law School. He read law with Vice- Chancellor Stevens, and with Edward M. Colie and Supreme Court Justice Swayze. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar as attorney in June, 1895, and as counsellor in June, 1898. In 1895 he entered into a legal partnership with John L. Blake and William Read Howe, of Orange. In May, 1908, after thirteen years of successful and lucrative practice, Mr. Davis had the honor of being appointed by Governor Fort, county judge of Essex county. That Judge Davis's ability is widely esteemed and generally respected, is clearly shown by the number of prominent and responsible public positions which he has successfully filled. He was city counsel for Orange for seven years. He has been an able member of the city council of Orange for three years; and for the past five years has been village counsel for South Orange ; he is counsel for the Orange National Bank, the Half Dime Savings Bank, and for the Mutual Trust Company of Orange. In June, 1909, Seton Hall College conferred on him the degree of LL. D. Judge Davis has many active social interests, and is as promi- nent in private as in public life. He is a mem- ber of the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Lawyers' Club of Essex County, the Essex County Country Club, the New England Soci- ety, and the New Jersey Historical Society, and is a member of the Order of the Knights of Columbus. In religion Judge Davis is a Roman Catholic, and an active and influential member of St. John's Church.
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